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Acting auditions and employment law?I? |
I would like to preface this by saying it doesn't affect me personally - I'm not in this profession - so I don't need actual advice. I'm just curious. It occurs to me that when you advertise a job, you can't specify that only a certain gender, age range, race etc can apply. So when it comes to acting auditions how do they get round this? Is it actually legal or is it just that nobody bothers kicking up a fuss? Please note I am not saying that it's wrong to be able to specify who you're looking to cast, just interested where it stands under the law. (Am talking about UK law as I know nothing of US employment law!) Yes they can. They have to state in their advert that they are looking for whatever sex and then state they have a right to advertise as such under section whatever under the discrimination act. You will more commonly see it when advertising for carers who need to be a specific sex for the patient concerned The law actually says that you can't specify gender, age, race, etc unless it it a bona fide requirement of the job. For many acting jobs, it would be - a 50 year old man can't play the lead in "Annie" for example. This is by US law, but I'd assume that UK law is similar. |
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